Bismarck immediately added fuel to the fire and said: "It seems that your Austrian Empire is really an empire, and you don't take our kingdoms and principalities in your eyes at all, maybe in your hearts, our German Confederation is just the territory of the great Austrian Empire, not even a vassal state!" ”

Baron Brooke knew that Bismarck's intentions were sinister, but what the second ancestor Grand Duke on his side said just now was indeed difficult to explain, so he had to turn the topic aside and said loudly: "Let's not delay everyone's time, or leave the choice to these Grand Dukes of the Duchy of Germany, and let them decide!" ”

To Baron Brooke's surprise, however, the lords and archdukes of Schleswig-Holstein, Hesse-Kassel, Nassau, Upper Hesse, and Frankfurt unanimously agreed to join the Kingdom of Prussia with some autonomy.

This frightened Baron Brooke, and he questioned the lords carefully, and what he got was still such a result, and at this moment, he could not help but feel that Austria had made a big mistake. On their part, they were too confident that the German Confederation forces would still remember the old feelings, and they would fall to the side of the Austrian Empire, as before. But in fact, after these areas were occupied and controlled by the Prussian army, I don't know what the Prussians did or what conditions they agreed to these lords, and they actually bought all these people into Prussia.

What else can Brooke say, even if he knows that these people have been bought by Prussia, or have been coerced, it is also the power of others, how can his Austrian Empire not be able to do this, it is still one step behind. Besides, even if it is a fuss, there is nothing to say, this Prague Peace Conference was originally a private non-public peace talks, and only the French Empire was invited to send someone to preside over it, and now although there are more British foreign secretaries to observe, what can be done?

But when Brooke saw that the next moment, when the so-called King Johann I of Saxony appeared to express the willingness of the Kingdom of Saxony to be incorporated into the Kingdom of Prussia, he could not help but exclaim: "John, even you betray our Austrian Empire? ”

John I was silent, and looked at Brooke with a blank face, as if in a wordless protest. Brooke immediately realized his gaffe. From John I's point of view, there really wasn't a way they couldn't help it. The entire kingdom of Saxony was occupied, and all the Saxon troops were either killed or captured, what else could he do? As long as the Prussian side agreed to let him be the king of Saxony and enjoy hereditary royal treatment, even if the whole of Saxony was ceded to Prussia, what could not be done? What's more, after all, it was the defeated side. He John I would be a fool if he took refuge in his Austria. Even if he had Austria in mind, but now that Austria was defeated by Prussia and could not even protect his own territory of Bohemia, who would expect to protect their allies?

Thinking of this, Baron Brooke reacted immediately, he trembled all over, and understood why the damned Bismarck would propose to let these German Grand Dukes choose for themselves, it turned out that it was to pave the way for the next step in Prague.

Sure enough, without waiting for him to make any indications, Bismarck said directly: "Everyone has seen that these lords of the German states have automatically chosen to merge into the Kingdom of Prussia and make efforts for the coming Germany!" In the same way, Bohemia and Moldavia, which are now occupied by our Prussian army, we have adopted this very fair and democratic way, leaving it to the local people and parliamentary representatives to choose whether to remain in the Austrian Empire or to join our Kingdom of Prussia! ”

Bismarck's words immediately made the whole church boil!

The aggressive Bismarck, it seems, wants to occupy even Bohemia and Moldavia! Damn Prussia, the ambitions turned out to be so great. Suddenly, not only Baron Brooke on the Austrian side, but also the French Emperor Louis, the French Foreign Minister Baron Haussmann, and the British Foreign Secretary Granville George Levison-Gower and others who were on the other side were also a little angry!

The French Emperor Louis had been watching from the sidelines, but then he couldn't help but stand up and say, "Monsieur Bismarck is so imposing!" If this is the case, is it not possible for a country with the strongest army to invade other countries at will with impunity, and then arrange personnel to control the local forces, and then forcibly annex them under the guise of allowing the local representatives to choose freely? Didn't we, the European countries, abide by the agreements of the Vienna Conference and the Paris Peace Conference? ”

British Foreign Secretary Granville George Levison-Gower also hurriedly followed suit: "Your Majesty is so right! What exactly do you want to do in the Kingdom of Prussia? The invasion of Denmark is not counted, the invasion of Austria is not counted, and you are blatantly trying to annex Bohemia, do you want to provoke a war in the whole of Europe? ”

Baron Brooke looked happy, with the support of the French Emperor and the British Foreign Secretary, he was much more confident, and said directly: "This is impossible!" We, the Austrian Empire, will never agree! Bohemia and Moldavia will always be the territory of the Austrian Empire, unless the Czechs living in this region are no longer willing to swear allegiance to the Austrian Emperor! ”

Brooke's righteousness was awe-inspiring and resolute. However, as soon as his words fell, several voices rang out in unison: "That's a great point! Ladies and gentlemen, and His Majesty the Emperor of the French Empire, we, the people of Bohemia and Moldavia, are taking the opportunity of the Prague peace talks today to declare the independence of Bohemia and Moldavia on behalf of the Czech National Party! We are no longer the territory of the Austrian Empire, we are a new country, the Czech Republic! ”

Everyone was surprised to see that it was the local parliamentarians in Prague, not just one or two, but more than a dozen. Remembering that Prague was opened by the locals and the Prussian army into the city, everyone began to understand that the local Czech Democrats in Prague really controlled the people of Prague and opposed Austria's attempt to secede and become independent.

Bismarck was overjoyed, this Czech Democrat really resolved his embarrassment and crisis. He quickly took over the topic and declared: "You have also seen the determination of the people of Prague to break away from Austria!" In order to show you that we, the Kingdom of Prussia, have no ambitions for Prague and Bohemia, I hereby promise that if the people of Prague are unwilling to join the Kingdom of Prussia, we of the Kingdom of Prussia will not forcibly annex Prague and Bohemia by force! ”